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   Tongue

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   noun

   • 1. the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech.
   • ▪ the equivalent organ in other vertebrates, sometimes used (in snakes) as a scent organ or (in chameleons) for catching food.
   • ▪ an analogous organ in insects, formed from some of the mouthparts and used in feeding.
   • ▪ the tongue of a hoofed mammal, in particular an ox or lamb, as food: "a galantine of tongue"
   • 2. used in reference to a person's style or manner of speaking: "he was a redoubtable debater with a caustic tongue" Similar way/manner of speakingway/manner of talkingform/mode of expressionchoice of wordsverbal expressionconversationvocabularyphraseologystyleparlancespeechfaçon de parler
   • ▪ a particular language: "the prioress chatted to the peddler in a strange tongue" Similar languagedialectpatoisvernacularmother tonguenative tonguejargonargotcantpidgincreolelingua francaspeechparlanceinformal:lingopatter
   • ▪ see the gift of tongues below
   • 3. a strip of leather or fabric under the laces in a shoe, attached only at the front end.
   • ▪ the pin of a buckle.
   • 4. the free-swinging metal piece inside a bell which is made to strike the bell to produce the sound.
   • 5. a long, low promontory of land.
   • 6. a projecting strip on a wooden board fitting into a groove on another.
   • 7. the vibrating reed of a musical instrument or organ pipe.
   • 8. a jet of flame: "a tongue of flame flashes four feet from the gun"

   verb

   • 1. sound (a note) distinctly on a wind instrument by interrupting the air flow with the tongue: "Eugene has worked out the correct tonguing"
   • 2. lick or caress with the tongue: "the other horse tongued every part of the colt's mane"

   Word Origin Old Englishtunge, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tong, German Zunge, and Latin lingua.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tongueless adjective

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   What does tongue mean?

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   What is the function of the tongue?

   • The tongue is a muscular organ situated in the oral cavity, and an accessory digestive organ. Its main functions include sensation of taste, mastication (chewing), deglutition (swallowing), speech, and clearing the oral cavity. The rich motor and sensory innervation of the tongue is carried by four cranial nerves

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   What is a 'geographic tongue'?

   • Though the tongue is small, it can develop many different conditions. "The most common condition that I see as a dentist is [oral] erythema migrans, aka 'geographic tongue,'" said Dr. Corbin Brady of Brady Dental Care in Des Moines, Iowa.

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   the faculty or power of speech: a sight no tongue can describe. speech or talk, especially mere glib or empty talk. manner or character of speech: a flattering tongue.

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   May 16, 2024 · tongue, in most vertebrates, an organ, capable of various muscular movements, located on the floor of the mouth.

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